# 20 Pell Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1001630006/20-pell-street-manhattan).
BBL 1001630006 · BIN 1001780 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 9 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 11 apartments
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 29 active DOB violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 11 stabilized units for 2023, of about 11 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 11, 2019: 11, 2020: 11, 2021: 11, 2022: 11, 2023: 11.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1910, 6 floors, 11 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

56 open (class C immediately hazardous: 9, class B hazardous: 8, class A non-hazardous: 38); 69 on record.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

29 active (7 issued in the last 3 years); 41 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 3 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 17 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (9), GENERAL (5), APPLIANCE (2), PLUMBING (1).

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: HONG KONG SEA FOOD KING INC.
- Agent: DAVID CHAN
- HeadOfficer: THEODORE CHIN
- Officer: PHILIP CHIN
- SiteManager: DAVID CHAN

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1001630006/20-pell-street-manhattan